Bed-spring



Patented Jan. 27, 1920.

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INVENTOR 2 A TTORAIE Y8 M. NOVICK.

BED'SPRING.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 20. 1919.

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WITNESSES IAN/11 70 By M w ATTORNEYS M .31 NOVICK, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

BED-SPRING.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 27, 1920.

Application filed June 20, 1919. Serial No. 305,502.

To all whom it may concern:

lie it known that 1. MAX NovIcK, a citi- Zen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of the Bronx. in the county of Bronx and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Bed-Spring, of which the following is a full, clear. and exact description.

This invention relates to adjustable beds and particularly to adjustable bed springs or frames.

Among the objects of the invention is to provide a combined bedstead and spring having adaptabilitv for adjustment longitudinally and laterally to accommodate the mechanism for large persons or to reduce the size thereof to economize space if the bed is to be occupied b small persons.

Another object of the invention is to provide a novel means for maintaining the svmmetry and effectiveness of the head and foot pieces of the bed with respect to the handling thereof in the various positions o a u tment.

vVith the foregoing; and other objects in view the invention consists in the arrangement and combination of parts hereinafter de cribed and claimed. and while the inven tion is not restricted to the exact details of co struction disclosed or suggested herein, still for the purpose of illustrating a practical embodiment thereof reference is had to the accompanying drawings. in which like reference characters designate the same parts in the several views, and in which- Figure 1 is a plan view, partially in horizontal section, indicating my improvement.

Fin. 2 is a vertical transverse section on the line 22 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a partial lono'itudinal section on the broken line 3-3 of Fig. 1; and

Fig. 4 is a vertical sectional detail on the line 44 of Fig. 2.

Referring now more specifically to the drawings I show a bedstead comprising a head 10. a foot piece 11 and a spring 12. The head and foot pieces 10 and 11 mav be of any suitable design and so far as the inventi n is concerned are referably substantially alike. Each of thesepieces in cludes corner posts 13 shown as made of tubular metal and rectangular in cross section. Between each pair of corner posts extend liorirontal bar 14: which are telescopic for adjustment of the corner post-s toward and from each other so as to vary the Width of the bed. The outer tubular members 1% of the bars are provided with a plurality of upright rods 15, or their equivalent, constituting' rigid bracing connections between the sleeve members 14 and are fixed in position with respect thereto and one another.

As indicated best in Fig. 1 the inner members 14 are of tubular construction and have along their upper sides longitudinal slots 16 in and along which the headed ends 17 of auxiliary rods 18 are fitted and adapted to slide, from the post to which the members 14 are secured out toward the center of the bed or toward the opposite post so as to fill the gap that would otherwise be left when the head or foot panels of the bed are elongated or widened. The free ends of the outer members 14 are notched at 19 along their faces to accommodate the auxiliary rods 18, especially when the bed is collapsed at which time the rods 18 may all be received in the notches when they are all adjusted close to the adjacent post. By providing for the movable or adjustable rods 18 I am able to produce a design of a bed that remains substantially symmetrical in all positions of adjustment.

The bed spring 12 comprises side rails 20, end rails 21 and intermediate transverse rails 22 and any suitable design or construction of woven spring fabric 23.

The side rails 20 each comprise an outer member 20 and an inner telescopic member 20". The ends of these side rails 20 are supported upon socket members 24 at the corner posts as usual. The transverse rail 21 at the head of the bed comprises two telescopic outer and inner members 21 and 21 and one of the intermediate transverse rails 22 is composed of similar telescopic members 252 and 22* the outer ends of which are connected to the free ends of the side mem bers 20 while the outer ends of the members of the rail 21 at the head are connected to the head ends of the rail 20*. To these several members are connected two spring sections 23 and 23 which constitute a rectanp'ular spring section of fixed length and variable width. The width may be fixed after adjustment by means of bolts with winged nuts or the like acting through registering slots 26 in the telescopic rails 21 and 22. h

The rail 21 at the foot of the bed is connected to the telescopic members 20 of the side rails to whose free ends are connected the two parts of the rail 22 farthest from the foot and to these members are attached spring sections 23 and 23 forming spring sections of fixed length but of variable width, the width of which may be fixed and made permanent by means of the bolts 25 as above described. This locking of the ad-' j ustable spring members will serve naturally to fix the adjustment of the main bed frame.

I claim: 1. In a bedstead of the character set forth, the combination of head and foot pieces of variable length, each of said pieces comprising members having fixed spaced rods, and auxiliary rods parallel to the fixed rods and adjustable along the head and foot pieces to retain symmetry of spacing in all adjustments of said head and foot pieces.

2. In an adjustable bedstead, the combination of head and foot pieces each comprising a vertical post and horizontal telescopic rails connected thereto, each rail having outer and inner telescopic members, a series of vertical rods fixed at their upper and lower ends to the outer telescopic members, and. a series of auxiliary rods parallel to the fixed rods and movable toward and from the fixed rods and one another.

3. In an adjustable bed, the combination of head and foot pieces each having parallel telescopic rails, the inner members of the rails having longitudinal slots and the outer members of the rails having at their free ends notches registering with the slots, a series of fixed rods connected to the notched members of the rails, and a. series of auxiliary rods fitted and movable in said slots and adapted to nest in said notches when the end pieces are collapsed.

MAX NOVICK. 

